The use of mark-recapture to measure worker number in the rock nesting ant species, Formica neorufibarbis Emery

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 256-260

  Billick, I ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b c/o RMBL ^*  (United States)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Colony size; Growth; Mark; Nest rocks; Recapture

Indexed keywords

ANT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; METHODOLOGY;

FORMICA NEORUFIBARBIS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0032770121     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050143     Document Type: Article

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